Have Australia's tourism strategies incorporated climate change?

Char-lee Moyle; Brent D Moyle; A Chai; R Hales; Z Banhalmi-Zakar; Alexandra Bec

doi:10.1080/09669582.2017.1387121

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Have Australia's tourism strategies incorporated climate change?

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Have Australia's tourism strategies incorporated climate change?

Char-lee Moyle, Brent D Moyle, A Chai, R Hales, Z Banhalmi-Zakar and Alexandra Bec

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol.26(5), pp.703-721

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1387121

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climate change

strategic planning

adaptive management

mitigation

policy documents

Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key contributor to climate change, but it remains unclear how the tourism industry has been planning for climate change in practice. This paper conducts the most comprehensive critical review of Australia's tourism policy and planning documents to date. The paper explores the complex challenges posed by climate change to tourism and how tourism policy has been adapting over a 15-year period. Drawing on a longitudinal data-set of 477 Australian tourism policy and planning documents at the national, state, regional and local level, this research analyses the strategic discourse on climate change using content analysis and bibliometrics. The findings reveal opportunities, challenges and strategies for the tourism industry to contribute to the sustainable management of climate change. Opportunities include developing more "green" products, while strategies include establishing and/or participating in collaborative climate change schemes and strengthening dialogue surrounding climate change to aid the implementation of sustainable practices. Future research should consider the broader policy-making environment, such as the stakeholders, power and interest dynamics when analysing tourism strategies in relation to climate change. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

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Title: Have Australia's tourism strategies incorporated climate change?
Authors: Char-lee Moyle (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Brent D Moyle (Author) - Griffith University
A Chai (Author) - Griffith University
R Hales (Author) - Griffith University
Z Banhalmi-Zakar (Author) - James Cook University
Alexandra Bec (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol.26(5), pp.703-721
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2017.1387121
ISSN: 0966-9582
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451061202621
Output Type: Journal article

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